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Place of Birth: Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
About Glenn Stetson
- Glenn Stetson (November 12, 1940 – August 22, 2003) was a Canadian singer, concert promoter and television producer.
- Glenn Campbell Stetson was born in the Ottawa Valley (Ramsayville) of eastern Ontario and raised in Hamilton, Ontario.
- He was a lead singer with The Diamonds, whose hits included "The Stroll", "Silhouettes", and "Little Darlin'", from the late 1960s through the 1990s.
- He studied theater under Sir Tyrone Guthrie, and appeared in the original Broadway productions of "H.M.S Pinafore" and "Funny Girl". In the mid-1960s, he was a featured performer for Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians.
- He toured Vietnam in 1966 with the USO.
- In 1968, he joined the Diamonds and helped keep their name and music alive through the 1970s and 1980s and 1990's, particularly on oldies tours and TV.
- The Diamonds toured Australia heavily in the 1970s with Australian rock-n-roll legend Lonnie Lee.
- Stetson released a solo album in the 1970s entitled "Stetson Country" that was produced by Wayne Jackson of the famed Memphis Horns.
- He and the Diamonds were frequent guests on Nashville Now with host Ralph Emery. Stetson and Richard J.
- "Dick" Milano were founders of "Little Darlin's Rock-n-Roll Palace" in Kissimmee, Florida (opened in 1986, closed in 1992) which was a highly popular Orlando-area venue in the 1980s.
- He was co-executive producer for "Live at the Palace" (hosted by Wolfman Jack) on the Nashville Network (TNN).
- "Little Darlin's Rock-n-Roll Palace" and associated oldies tours revived the careers of many performers, notably Fabian, Dee Clark, Tommy Sands, The Shirelles, Danny & the Juniors, and The Tokens.
- He was also active in charitable fund-raising and civic organisations such as the Shriners of which he was an honorary member. Stetson received a heart transplant in 2000 as a result of myocarditis.
- However, his health began to deteriorate and he died undergoing an operation on August 22, 2003 in Orlando, Florida.
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